6:45Announcements:

Next
EPIC Community meeting will be Sept. 15th, Thursday at the Park 6:30 to
8:45 pm.

Neighborhood
Network invitation to participate. Next Door is a private social network
for you and your community. Talk to your neighbors online.

Banyon’s
open house – everyone is invited to their open house and ribbon cutting
ceremony on Thursday at 4 pm…26th Street and 13th
Avenue.

MOTION:
EPIC will send a gift and card ($50 max.) LL, MG, Approved.

House
for sale. Harvey Winge called to say his house is for sale. Location 2621
Bloomington Ave S. 6-bedroom, single family home. Contact Jeff Piper,
REMAX.

Annual report approved –
will be posted on website and Facebook posts.

7:10Red Lake Band Development- MOTION of Support

A new development in Seward
neighborhood (Former Amble’s Site: Mino-bimaadizawin (Red Lakes Band)
Development – new “embassy” will replace the current embassy on Lake and
Bloomington. This may provide a development opportunity for EPIC on the two
city-owned properties on Bloomington (2900 block).

Concerns: New development in Seward
may create traffic congestion, impact on the park, affordability.

Send a welcome letter and invite
conversation to talk about the neighborhood, and partnering to provide mutual
benefits. Also invite the county to work on improving the Franklin/Cedar
intersection. (Consensus.)

7:30Traffic Changes on Franklin/Cedar/ Minnehaha Aves

Plans
for changes to the Cedar Franklin Minnehaha intersections were discussed and a
satellite map was distributed showing the proposed changes. Concerns: semis and
large trucks congesting roads, too many stoplights on Cedar (5 between Franklin
and 24th St. There was a serious lack of consultation of EPIC’s
needs for these roads by both the County and Seward Redesign, prior to decision
making. We are apprehensive that this will make the traffic situation much
worse, rather than an improvement.

Seward
and Ventura Village were invited to public hearings on this change, but East
Phillips was not included even though the EPPCCC park is located in the
notification area. This plan was driven by bicyclists; all businesses were
opposed to the plan, even though the Seward part of the affected area is
“industrial”.Trucks being re-routed are
being routed through residential areas.

EPIC
will invite Robert Byers and Peter McLaughlin to present this plan to the
community at the next GMM, if possible. Invite residents and businesses from
Seward and Ventura Village to attend also. Also invite city staff to be present
for comments.

Does
Minneapolis lack up-to-date software to run traffic flows. (Reference MPR story
today.)

7:55MNDOT
Meeting Report

EPIC,
Karen Clark and Alondra Cano presented our concerns, motions and diagram for
Hwy 55, Hiawatha, traffic pattern, and access to Roof Depot Site to MNDOT. We
had an opportunity to express the negative impact of the Public Works being
located here, and the disaster that would result if traffic issues were not
addressed at the outset, resulting in additional negative impacts on EPIC
residents. Our presentation was well received, and MNDOT appeared interested in
EPIC’s concerns. It seemed that MNDOT was really listening.

EPIC
will continue looking for acceptable options and bringing attention to this
issue.

Michael G. expressed concern regarding the “google” site
that appears to contain a copy of the minutes, and that sometimes it seems the
minutes are changed. Michael G. also would like to see edits to the minutes
recorded at the meeting and that are edited by the board members prior to being
published as draft minutes. Mary G. expressed that was a layer of detail that
wasn’t needed; CP expressed that there should be no changes in the minutes from
what is approved, and asked for examples. Stated that the minutes are posted to
the website, which is accessible from
the eastphillips-epic.com address. Mary G and MO asked Michael G. to
send the “google” links to minutes that he is aware of.

Having a celebration of the 3rd Precinct
to thank them for all their hard work and commitment to good policing in the
neighborhood. Neighborhoods have agreed to co-host, inviting people to attend,
etc. Will be held at Plaza Centenario (12th Ave & Lake
St.)

Funding for the Orange Line is connected to the funding for
the Lake Street Station…located at Lake St. and 35W. This Orange Line is
important to Minneapolis in providing access to 200,000 jobs for people in our
communities. Press conference on Monday at 11 am (bottom of the stairs at the
Lake Street Station.)

MO and CP received a demonstration
of high definition camera specifications and estimated cost of $7,000 to $10,000 per camera.

MOTION:EPIC will look for additional
moneys in our uncontracted funding and will commit to the first two cameras,
andconsider a third camera at a cost of $7-10,000 per camera.CP,
LD. Approved with one abstention (Michael G).

8:40Progress on
Speed Bumps

All the money
for all the speed bumps has been raised; the contract is being written. Funds
came from a combination of East Phillips and individual donors. We have all the
required signatures.

The 2500 block
of 18th Avenue has now qualified for speed bumps. LL will print the
petition and start gathering signatures.

Note: two board
members own property on this block:

·Linda Leonard owns
property on this block.

o(2)
daughters own property on this block.

·Carol Pass owns property
on this block.

o(1)
son owns property on this block.

MO will talk to
the Park Board about the Cedar Field park on the 2500 block and see if EPIC can
get a contribution toward speed bumps on this block. There has to be a way to
fund this in addition to EPIC funds.

Speed Bumps: CP sent letters out
to all property owners on 16th Avenue who are “absentee landlords”.
We only need one or two more people. Alondra may be able to assist us if we
don’t obtain these last couple of signatures. LL called 311 about a month ago
requesting that a study be done on 18th Avenue between 25th
and 26th Streets. LL has heard and seen nothing in response to this
request. CP will add this to her agenda with Shane Norton. EPIC asked Shane to
look at the problem on Cedar and 28th, and he said he needs a letter
from the community.

MOTION: EPIC will propose to the City of Minneapolis that
a left-turn arrow be added to the westbound 28th Street Signal at
Cedar Avenue. LL,JB, Approved

Cameras: CP and MO met yesterday
to review locations for the cameras. Issues: we have to place it on a poswt
that has electricity; it is easier to use a “city-owned” post vs. Excel Energy
owned post. Strongly feel 2 cameras are needed at 18th Ave location.
The park board needs to do some tree trimming. We need to address potential
strong objection from some. We reviewed the sample lease agreement from Ventura
Village; EPIC will investigate insurance costs for camera replacement if damaged,
liability, etc. Terry Honkomb of police department gave a demonstration of the
cameras. If the community approves a 2nd camera at the park (3rd
camera total), we can simply amend an existing lease agreement for the
additional camera.

MOTION: EPIC board defined and approved Lease agreement template with the City of
Minneapolis, acting through its Police Department, to lease up to 6 powered
cameras. KH, LL, Approved.

As the board knows, Carol and her
family have suffered multiple illnesses, property damage, injuries and more
this summer, and in spite of many challenges, the annual report is thorough, and
accurate; it is an evaluation providing both the positives and negatives of
EPIC’s performance, and EPIC’s evaluation of NCEC’s performance in supporting
neighborhood efforts to improved lives and our community.

It is unfortunate that the City is
unwilling to publish EPIC’s feedback on how the City of Minneapolis and NCEC
might improve their operations and support for community organizations; EPIC
should find a way to publish this report for the community. Suggestions: Post
EPIC’s evaluation of City Services and Interactions section of annual report on
EPIC’s Facebook page (each area could be a separate weekly post, with
introduction to why EPIC is posting). Board members and EPIC members should
“share” posts on their own Facebook page, thus spreading the evaluation with
neighbors, and Minneapolis residents in general.

EPIC presented our motion and
diagram to MNDOT. We had an opportunity to express the negative impact of the
Public Works being located here, and the disaster that would result if traffic
issues were not addressed at the outset, resulting in additional negative
impacts on EPIC residents. Our presentation was well received, and MNDOT
appeared interested in EPIC’s concerns. It seemed that MNDOT was really
listening.

11:32New
Developments and More New Traffic Issues

A new development in Seward
neighborhood (Former Amble’s Site: Mino-bimaadizawin (Red Lakes Band)
Development – new “embassy” will replace the current embassy on Lake and
Bloomington. This may provide a development opportunity for EPIC on the two
city-owned properties on Bloomington (2900 block).

Concerns: New development in
Seward may create traffic congestion

11:55 Agenda for GMM

Michael’s request for agenda
items: two of three are requests for information that is available on EPIC’s
website. These requests are not appropriate additions to the GMM agenda, rather
are requests for summaries of available information (minutes posted from past
meetings). MG will respond to these questions by email. EPIC will summarize
process for EPIC Meeting Minutes in GMM agenda for August 9, 2016.